BILL NUMBER: SB 587	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Burton

                        FEBRUARY 23, 1999

   An act to add Section 25000.6 to the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 587, as introduced, Burton.  Alcoholic beverages.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act licenses and regulates beer
manufacturers and wholesalers.
   This bill would provide that a provision in an agreement between a
beer manufacturer and a beer wholesaler for the sale and
distribution of beer in this state, which restricts venue to a forum
outside this state and in the state of incorporation of the beer
manufacturer, is void with respect to any claim arising under or
relating to the agreement involving a beer wholesaler operating
within this state.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 25000.6 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   25000.6.  (a) A provision in an agreement between a beer
manufacturer and a beer wholesaler for the sale and distribution of
beer in this state, which restricts venue to a forum outside this
state and in the state of incorporation of the beer manufacturer, is
void with respect to any claim arising under or relating to the
agreement involving a beer wholesaler operating within this state.
   (b) This section shall apply to any transaction conducted pursuant
to an agreement described in subdivision (a) on or after the
effective date of this section.